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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
8
A quarantined man known as Doc Campbell stole a suit while confined for small pox. He stuffed the infected clothes under a ventilator, intending to sell them and spread disease. Nurses and officials alerted, with possible planned mounted delivery starting July 1 to reach city and outskirts.
Pete Flynn is named a letter carrier in Wednesday’s Free Press. The move signals a fourth carrier and suggests further growth for the local office as many lying districts remain unserved.
A speaker warns against smothering a child and compares digestive health to independence. It argues that digestion requires a healthy liver and bowels, not stimulants, and promotes Knox Stomach Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia by purifying blood and boosting bodily functions. The ad urges readers to mail fifty cents for a box from Knox Chemical Co. in Bittle Creek, Michigan.
Sheriff Williams and Turnkey Furney are released after a town small pox scare ends. Prisoners confined by fear are freed in a staggered plan as Smith, the felon linked to the outbreak, nears full recovery and Dr Church resumes public contact. Only the bills remain.
In circuit court the case against Henry Palmer and Jason Thayer in Athens for liquor law violation continued for part of Tuesday and into Wednesday. Witnesses included Jennie Buffin and Geo W Morehead. defense witnesses were Alonzo Bruce, Charles Harvey Chas Tyson and Henry Allen. Jury deliberations began after the judge’s charge. Separately, the People vs Thomas Traynor progressed, and burglars Al Mahoney and Frank Tenney pleaded guilty after arrival from Battle Creek.
City news notes pension increase for Wm H Long and a Detroit weekend excursion by Michigan Central. Reports on Shanahan’s window display, Rev J Miller’s address, water connections at Mollie Hitchcock’s house, and a new windmill project at A Stuart’s Eckford stock farm. Also coverage of a May 20 Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance meeting, street crosswalk construction, well diggings at Bush & Wright and Abe Jennings, Parson J W Arney’s notoriety, Hy Jen Chemical Co organized with Dr M P Green, and a near capsizing of Cincinnati Northern General Supt J B Fkulders’ boat near Allegan. Mention of planned Jackson street railway organization and stock transfers for reorganization.
The Cincinnati Northern will run a special excursion to Gull Lake on Decoration Day May 40 leaving Marshall at 7 00 AM and Yorkville return at 7 00 PM with a 50 cent round trip. A Toledo excursion departs Marshall at 7 42 AM on May 27 with 1.00 round trip fare and casino attractions listed.
Listing shows to-bar 50-inch priced at 50 cents per rod, 'uirbar 45-inch at 45 cents per rod, and a-bar 46-inch at 42 cents per rod. These entries present a compact sale notice with three item lines and unit pricing.
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